*
     * @param value the date string to parse
     * @return parsed Date object, or null if parsing fails
     */
    public static Date parseDate(final String value) {
        return parseDate(value, Constants.DATE_OPTIONAL_TIME);
    }

    /**
     * Parses a date string using the specified format.
     *
     * @param value the date string to parse

    }

    @Test
    public void test_parseDate() {
        Date date;

        date = FessFunctions.parseDate("");
        assertNull(date);

        date = FessFunctions.parseDate("2004-04-01T12:34:56.123Z");
        assertEquals("2004-04-01T12:34:56.123Z", FessFunctions.formatDate(date));

        date = FessFunctions.parseDate("2004-04-01T12:34:56Z");

        asDocMeta().version(version);
    }

    public Date getExpires() {
        if (getExpiredTime() == null) {
            return null;
        }
        return new Date(getExpiredTime());
    }

    public void setExpires(final Date date) {
        setExpiredTime(date != null ? date.getTime() : null);
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {

                    date = date.clone().hour(hour).minute(minute).second(second);
                }
                this.endDate = null;
                this.setStartDate(date.clone());
            } else if (!this.endDate && date.isBefore(this.startDate)) {
                //special case: clicking the same date for start/end,
                //but the time of the end date is before the start date

    }

    ReleasedVersion releasedVersion(String version, long date = System.currentTimeMillis()) {
        new ReleasedVersion(version, format.format(new Date(date)))
    }

    ReleasedVersion snapshot(String baseVersion, long date = System.currentTimeMillis()) {
        releasedVersion("${baseVersion}-${format.format(new Date(date))}", date)
    }

  <function>
    <description>
      Returns Date from a given value.
    </description>
    <name>date</name>
    <function-class>org.codelibs.fess.taglib.FessFunctions</function-class>
    <function-signature>java.util.Date date(java.lang.Long)</function-signature>
    <example>
      ${fe:date(doc.tstamp)}
    </example>
  </function>

  <function>
    <description>
      Returns Date from a given value.
    </description>

        assertEquals("Unicode characters should be preserved", original, deserialized);
    }

    /**
     * Test serialization of Date objects
     */
    @Test
    public void test_serializeDeserialize_date() {
        Date original = new Date();

        byte[] serialized = serializer.fromObjectToBinary(original);
        assertNotNull(serialized, "Serialized data should not be null");

                runningDocsTestTask.get() -> "from current time because testing docs"
                runningOnCi.get() -> "from current time because CI"
                else -> "from current date"
            }
        }

    private
    fun Date.withoutTime(): Date = SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd").run {
        parse(format(this@withoutTime))
    }

    }

    ReleasedVersion releasedVersion(String version, long date = System.currentTimeMillis()) {
        new ReleasedVersion(version, format.format(new Date(date)))
    }

    ReleasedVersion snapshot(String baseVersion, long date = System.currentTimeMillis()) {
        releasedVersion("${baseVersion}-${format.format(new Date(date))}", date)
    }

        assertEquals("\"boolKey\":\"true\"", buf.toString());
    }

    // Test append method with Date value (other object type)
    @Test
    public void test_append_dateValue() {
        StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder();
        Date date = new Date(1609459200000L);
        Supplier<Object> supplier = () -> date;

        monitorTarget.append(buf, "dateKey", supplier);
        String result = buf.toString();